The 49-year-old Ryan has a career record of 35-27, including back-to-back AFC Championship Game appearances in 2009 and 2010, since taking over the historically feeble Jets organization in January 2009.

“His coaching style is over the top,” an AFC offensive player told Sporting News. “Some of the things he does in front of the cameras are way over the top. You put that with the New York media and he has a pretty big reputation, I guess. I don’t even know if you’d call him overrated anymore because it’s gonna be a couple of years since he was in the AFC finals. He’s pretty funny, and he’s a pretty good coach. But not THAT good.”

Ryan’s unwavering confidence and relentless and unpredictable blitz packages have allowed him to never oversee a defense that ranked lower than sixth in the league since 2005.